[Rei doesn't mind - it feels nice, even if his head will look like a rat's nest later. At least no one else is going to see it.

Snug and warm in Rin's embrace, he slips his own arms as well he can around Rin back, moving down from his face. It's hard with the couch there, but he does the best he can.]

That's one of the nicest things anyone's ever said to me.

[And for once it's not because his ego is inflating (okay, well, maybe just a little inflated), but because he's genuinely happy he can be that. He admires so many other people, but he's never thought of himself as an inspiration (other than an inspiration toward beauty, of course).]

I can't say any change you've made in me has been negative, although I do cry a lot more than I used to.

[He's teasing, a smile tugging at his lips. One finger traces lazy patterns on Rin's arm.]

I think I'm at my best when I'm with you. Being a little more romantic than I used to be is just one of the things you've improved.

[The finger on Rin's shoulder draws a heart shape. Okay, that one was deliberately over the top, but it gets the point across. When he speaks again, he sounds a little amused.]

We admitted a lot more to each other than I thought we would when we started.